Accused 'Made Up Story about April'

Accused 'Made Up Story about April'

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THE former abattoir worker accused of murdering schoolgirl April
Jones made up a story that he had killed her in a car accident in a
bid to 'explain away' his role in the killing, the second day of his
trial heard.

Mark Bridger, 47, denies murdering the five-year-old after he
abducted her as she played outside her home in Machynlleth, mid-
Wales, on October 1 last year. April's body has never been found.

Prosecutor Elwen Evans QC took the jury through the story Bridger
told when he was arrested on October 2, which including him wanting
to 'say sorry' to April's family.

Miss Evans said: "We know that the prosecution case is that the
defendant's account is a lie."

She added: "He was now coming up with a story to try and explain
away April's disappearance and his role in that."

Miss Evans said Bridger told police: "I know what this is about."

He then went on to give the arresting officers his account of
what happened. …